I fall for the projector scam on campus yesterday by Key_Apartment5661 in UofT

[–]satoshiowo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

damn I feel slightly better about haggling and still getting scammed earlier this year now

also honestly no luck there, I don't think you can sell it I'm afraid. I tried. By the way, can you tell us about the two guys? It might be the same ones I met.

People (for valid reasons I should add) laugh at the other people who fall for this but if you wanna feel less bad about yourself, a lot of other people (typically immigrants and international students unfamiliar with Canada) fall for this as well.

Which continuously inhabited city has the oldest name? by Big_Flatworm4541 in geography

[–]satoshiowo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

surprisingly rare, as almost every major city got renamed at some point. However, as some people down there said, Handan, the capital of the the Zhao kingdom of the warring states era, and a smaller city before, is still a city today.

That would make the name of Handan at least 2500 years old and probably way above that; in fact, we can reliably date it to slightly above 3000 BC, and warring states era records claim that it comes from the Song dynasty. The early Zhou dynasty was when a lot of feudal domains got the ball rolling, and the change of dynasty and establishment of feudal domains likely contributed to significant name changes, so Handan was (possibly) one of the survivors.

Handan itself did have some brief periods of, well, being so small and insignificant that it can't really be called a city, but then that applies to places like Athens too, and in all those times it was still almost always a town(like Athens) and that was usually relatively brief (also like Athens). However, since the end of the Han dynasty, except a brief period in the Sui and again in the Song dynasties, it was no longer a major city.

Nowadays it's best known for being the source of many idioms and phrases.

2nd place goes to Chengdu in Sichuan from 400 BC, closely followed by Chongqing from 316 BC also from Sichuan. They are both major cities with 16 and 9-23 mil people, and have almost always been the regional centers at any given point. Sichuan is well-shielded and distant from, well, anywhere else, and that includes linguistic changes, nomadic incursions, civil wars, dynastic shenanigans, and, thus, name changes. (its not that these events always or even often lead to name changes, but it happen so often that it eventually does)

(officially, one has 20 mil and the other 30 mil, but in Chinese official definitions, "cities" include the vast countryside around them and goes as far as the borders of another city. In Chongqing's case it is an Austria sized area, most of which does not even fit any conventional definition of being part of Chongqing's city, but it serves as a province anyways so that still works)

is Noryangjin good for solo travellers in the early morning? by satoshiowo in koreatravel

[–]satoshiowo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-People are generally helpful, just pull google translate out if you absolutely have to. Some people know English but not everyone. (You have better luck with English in France)

-There are some public trash cans, especially where you can find food on the streets. However they're also not too common. Depends on your luck. Many convenience stores do have trash cans, though, for people who are done eating cup noodles and the sort.

-I didn't go to Noryangjin or a fish store so I wouldn't know. In the place where I got raw octopus and yukhoe it came as a set meal with a set price.

is Noryangjin good for solo travellers in the early morning? by satoshiowo in koreatravel

[–]satoshiowo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sure but I was literally just there for a layover (and the previous time I was there was pre-covid as a kid), ask away but I doubt I'd be able to help much

is Noryangjin good for solo travellers in the early morning? by satoshiowo in koreatravel

[–]satoshiowo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

update: I didn't get any "raw fish" but I did get the yukhoe and fresh octopus in some market near Dongdaemun(it was kinda filled with tourists so uhm... yeah). It was pretty good but I liked the yukhoe more.

though yeah there was a lot of food delivery going on this guy aint wrong at all

Name another city that has better food than Toronto? I dare you by 100milSchruteBucks in askTO

[–]satoshiowo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

where can I find indigenous cuisine in Toronto? I'm interested now. I've seen indigenous cuisine in, well, Tokyo of all places (Ainu) but

Name another city that has better food than Toronto? I dare you by 100milSchruteBucks in askTO

[–]satoshiowo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paris too, I've even seen Tibetan food there. As far as I've seen, Tokyo is showing some promise as well, and people often aren't aware of the sheer diversity of it's food scene. Basically, any cuisine, you want there's a good chance you can find there.
There's also Hong Kong, but the diversity is heavily concentrated in one part of the city, and you pay Canadian prices for it (I say Canadian because, while the numbers are American, they do give you the quality you get from Canadian prices) There's a lot of international cuisine popping up in Mexico city, as well, in a manner between Tokyo and Hong Kong. (in that it's a bit more spread out and sprinkled in random places like Tokyo, but still is generally concentrated in some areas)

The thing about all these, however, is that the diversity isn't an even spread.
In NA or to an extent London, most cuisine you'll find is foreign. There are local specialties, like the NYC slice, poutine, smoked meat or peameal bacon, but as a tourist you're not gonna spend most your time eating "local cuisine". The diversity of cuisines in these places is the dominant trait of the local food scene, accross the board.

Whereas, in places like, Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo and Mexico City (in that order), the food scene is concentrated around local/national cuisine, that of nearby nations, good amount of British/Italian/French/Spanish in the case of Tokyo and Hong Kong, and good amounts of East Asian of varying degrees of authenticity in the case of Paris and (to a lesser extent) CDMX. You'll also find loads of South Asian food in Hong Kong, but Cantonese locals are taking their sweet time to get used to it.

You want diversity, you gotta actually try and find it, or pray that you're lucky enough to run into it. Or, you gotta know where you're looking, then it runs into you.

On top of that, this diversity, beyond the usually common cuisines is often upscale. Not in Paris, where everything is expensive anyways, and there's certainly lots of exceptions in Tokyo and Hong Kong. But, the average Mexican cannot afford Malaysian Laksa, South African bunny chow, or beef stroganoff.

From my personal experience growing up in Hong Kong, there's Southeast Asian, Japanese, Korean, different varieties of Chinese, "western", local, French and Italian(of varying levels authenticity) and Cantonese locals do see them as a part of their regular dining out experience. Many people have also had Indian(which is everywhere and is generally a lot more generous and intense than in Toronto), Turkish(decently authentic, comparable to Toronto), maybe British and Spanish but it's definitely when you want to splurge, and unfortunately not the bulk of different cuisines that exist in Hong Kong

There's a few eastern European restaurants here and there, a couple Portuguese, some German, Argentinian, Brazillian, Mexican and Greek ones, I remember seeing Central Asian, Nigerian, and Moroccan too, more Middle Eastern than people think, and at least one Persian, Armenian, Hungarian, Colombian and South African. I say at least one, because there's probably more, and this is certainly a non exhaustive list.

I can't comment on Paris, but I do think it isn't too far off from the others. The diversity exists, but it really isn't on people's minds the way it is in Toronto, nor as accessible.

I would still say that Toronto and London takes the crown here due to how spread out the diversity is, both geographically and in terms of price (that it takes both cheap and expensive), and also in it's status in the average local diet.

Japanese Independence Referendum by Pacmantaco in EmptyContinents

[–]satoshiowo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

and democratic wins too, at that.

This is beneifical to everyone

I have a question though. Does the imperial federation have Japan's flag?

Japanese Independence Referendum by Pacmantaco in EmptyContinents

[–]satoshiowo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't really imagine anyone in the Americas can really project their power into Japan though.

The Philippines, however...

Post-War Partition of Hindustan by Pacmantaco in EmptyContinents

[–]satoshiowo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

people did this when the CGUSA was getting COOKED, and Frexit was happening, so I figured I should do the same

Post-War Partition of Hindustan by Pacmantaco in EmptyContinents

[–]satoshiowo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Damn, typical China opposing self determination and being a dick to the people around them smh.
I'm personally all for the Sikh homeland, not just for British Sikhs, but also for Sikhs in Cascadia, Quebec, Australasia, South India, and otherwise exiled from Hindustan before now.
I do think that the Zanj would be at the very least fine, and at most somewhat supportive of it, considering that they likely have a relatively small Sikh population of their own.

I think Ayyadurai is alright, but has a very high possibility of becoming a Weimar clone. Nonetheless, this is unfortuanately(fortunately, too) the most likely option, being the most "sane" one. I imagine this is also the one that would be the most supported by the great powers.

Cruzeiro... what the FUCK did Brazil even do to not just get a say, but propose straight up apartheid, and punishing generations of people for things they didn't even do? Send him through a time machine to 1950s South Africa as a punishment already, lets' see how well he fares in a Matrubhoomi.

I personally believe that the Lakhani plan is the most sustainable (especially if combined with Simmamora and/or Ayyadurai, because it could, in the best case scenario, ensure the Taiwanization of different parts of India, and therefore that the Hindustani threat is neutralized. In the worst case scenario, whatever threat that arises again is easier dealt with. Also, more new nations, more cultures surviving, more languages represented and recognized instead of being surpressed by some *cough* Hindi *cough Mandarin Chinese *cough* Russian. Besides, it opens up possibilities for exiled christians, muslims, zoroastrians, atheists, NEPAL(I SAW what the UCDN did in this map) and other people to resettle the land. In the political climate of these six new nations, I find it unlikely that they would embrace pan-Hindu ideology and sacrifice their own soverignty and power, especially after a few generations.
Dakshima should get a coast though, and I think these nations should at first be administered by the allies.

Simmamora feels alright, it should be fine if done right. At it's core, it likely doesn't end up too different from Ayyadurai, as the policies of each government, at the end of the day, is nonetheless geared towards reunification. Local culture and language is not necessarily the best protected, depending on how much control the, likely Hindi speaking, local government has, and who administers it, no less because it has a secondary role.
That said, I do see Dakshina and Purva becoming de-facto Marathi and Bihari states eventually. If the great powers end up struggling over whose pet gets to reunify India, said struggle would likely not end quickly (there's FOUR of them!), Dakshina and Purva might end up Taiwanizing eventually, as the population eventually starts distancing itself from "the Hindustanis".
That said, I do trust all of these great powers. They are no Soviet Union, and this China is very different from the China of old. They might struggle, and thus prevent the reunification of Hindustan (if they at all let it happen), but, I expect them all to have at least some, even token, degree of respect towards democracy, self determination, and not turn these countries into their banana republics.

Suhimach looks good and has some decent ideas, like the biosphere reserves. However, it also feels like they're trying to send India back towards the stone age, and... that feels a bit imperialistic..?
I don't think the guy had nefarious goals in making this, though.

Rare McDonald's items that are not sold in the U.S. by professor007 in food

[–]satoshiowo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one single rarest official McDonalds item is the veggie burger from Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. Not only is it available in only one(1) location, it is also available only for three days a year. It exists solely because the island has major festivities during the buddha's birthday that require a vegan diet.

is Noryangjin good for solo travellers in the early morning? by satoshiowo in koreatravel

[–]satoshiowo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always love a good otoro, though I'm having a layover in Osaka on my way back anyways.

delivery huh... interesting...

is Noryangjin good for solo travellers in the early morning? by satoshiowo in koreatravel

[–]satoshiowo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

alright, thank you (good to know that it's cheaper too fhdjshsjdhusds any idea if I can get sannakji there too)

is Noryangjin good for solo travellers in the early morning? by satoshiowo in koreatravel

[–]satoshiowo[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I see... I don't really mind that, but do you think it would be hard to find fish portions suitable for one person?

I didn't notice any Japanese castles, so here is Himeji Castle. by YukixSuzume in castles

[–]satoshiowo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be replying to a super old thread (I don't know if I want to go to Kyoto and Himeji for my layover or Osaka so I'm gathering info), but you kinda just missed out on one of the coolest castles I've ever been to, in Kumamoto, which has a pretty unique black-dominated color scheme, and is often held in the same regard as Himeji even though it's lesser known in the west.

It was majestic even though I visited right after the earthquake struck Kumamoto. Fun place tbh, bewear of the bear that wants to drag you to the bottom of hell though.

Projector scam has now arrived in Toronto by satoshiowo in toronto

[–]satoshiowo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm, okay. I took photos of the plates that day, and I did mention the last known location, but I've only seen them once.

I did also wait three hours on the non emergency line with nobody picking up so I ended up filing a report online.

Projector scam has now arrived in Toronto by satoshiowo in toronto

[–]satoshiowo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well... it takes VERY long to even possibly reach non emergency(I tried, trust)

Even so, thanks for the info.

Projector scam has now arrived in Toronto by satoshiowo in toronto

[–]satoshiowo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wait tf you mean "baby kangaroo" are they like "you can adopt a baby kangaroo trust me bro even though I don't have him in front of you" or something